👉 A prosodic element, also known as a prosody, is a type of sound that serves to mark or indicate the position and stress level of a word in a sentence. It involves the use of pauses, emphasis, and other elements that help to create a clear and coherent speech pattern. Proso-dies are typically found in spoken language, but they can also be used in written texts as well. They are used to indicate the tone, pitch, and rhythm of a word or phrase,